"Рождение звезды" – "Экстра-английский" (5 серия)

Темы серии

The media / СМИ
Advertisements / Реклама
Weather and climate / Погода и климат

Задачи

Speaking

Explaining recipes / Описание рецептов
Answering the phone / Разговор по телефону

Writing

Making complaints / Подавать жалобу, иск

Грамматика

will

for certain events / will для рассказа о достоверных событиях
for offers / will для выдвижения предложений
for predictions / will в рассказах о прогнозируемых событиях


Wordwatch / Слово урока

Note the regular use of words like 'adorable' and 'gorgeous' to indicate admiration (usually Nick or Bridget talking about a member of the opposite sex). Note also that the word line is used in two different ways in this episode; on the (telephone) line and learn my lines (the words I have to say in a play or film).


VOCABULARY

adjectives

adorable
crazy
delicious
gorgeous
ordinary
tired
awful
crazy about
exhausting
hot
smooth (chocolate)
wonderful
busy dead
good-looking
magic
sweet

nouns

Words to do with TV and acting

advert agent
executive
script
co-star (vb)
part (in a play film, etc)
superstar

Words to do with food and cooking

bowl
chocolate mousse
dessert
frying pan
microwave
plate
popcorn
white (of an egg)
yolk (of an egg)

Words to do with the weather

hot
lightning
rain (vb)
stormy
weather
windy

Other nouns

audience
clothes
challenge
fridge
news
privacy
secretary
umbrella
beach
centurion
(TV) channel
heart
paradise
raid
tummy (stomach)

verbs

Verbs to do with cooking

melt
taste
mix
whisk
separate

Other verbs

chase
knock (on the door)
smell

expressions

a lucky guess
it's your turn
what's on television?
they've cut off my telephone
you should pay your bills
very big ( = very famous)
star quality
my words (in a film) were cut
learn my lines
on the line
hands in the air
the way to the heart is through the stomach


Cultural reference / Информация о культуре

fifteen million quid / пятнадцать миллионов фунтов – quid is an acceptable slang word for 'pounds' (money, not weight)

Oscar (Academy Awards) / Оскар (премия) – prizes given every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for cinematic achievement; the prize is a small statuette; it allegedly got its nickname 'Oscar' when Academy Librarian Margaret Herrick saw one on a table and said: "It looks just like my uncle Oscar!"

Piccadilly Circus / Площадь Пикадилли – an area of central London, considered to be the centre of London's night life; therefore should be quite noisy on a Friday night!

Robert de Niro / Роберт де Ниро – American film actor, born August 17th 1943; regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation; came to fame after his roles in two Martin Scorcese films, Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, where he played the role of Travis Bickle, a mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran who works as a night time taxi driver; also famous for his portrayal of the boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull

Russell Crowe / Рассел Кроу – Oscar-winning film actor born in Wellington, New Zealand April 7th 1964; has Irish, Norwegian and Maori ancestors; two of his cousins, Martin and Jeff Crowe, have captained the New Zealand cricket team!

Steven Spielberg / Стивен Спилберг – extremely successful and multi-Oscar-winning American film director, born December 18th 1946; among his many enormous hits are ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Saving Private Ryan

the FBI (the Federal Bureau of Investigation) / ФБР – the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the US internal crime investigation organisation

Warner Brothers / Уорнер Бразерс – one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment; a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate